SYRACUSE – Wawasee football coach Josh Ekovich resigned on Friday.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee seniors Trevor Harter and Bryce Woody both signed on to continue their football and academic at Trine University.

MIDDLEBURY — The Wawasee football team saw its season come to an end Friday night with a 21-20 loss at the hands of Northridge in the sectional 19 quarterfinals.

SYRACUSE – Goshen outlasted Wawasee, 41-34, Friday night in a wild Northern Lakes Conference football game.

ELKHART – The Wawasee football team rolled to a 38-14 NLC win at Elkhart Memorial Friday night.

SYRACUSE — Warsaw retained the coveted ‘W’ Trophy Friday night with a 38-14 victory over rival Wawasee.

SYRACUSE — NorthWood further solidified itself as the class of the Northern Lakes Conference with a 53-30 win over Wawasee Friday night at Warrior Field.

DUNLAP – The Wawasee football team lost a 49-40 Northern Lakes Conference contest at Concord Friday night.

SYRACUSE — A recap from Wawasee’s thrilling double overtime victory over Northridge.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee scored early and often on its way to a 48-7 win over West Noble Friday night at Warrior Field.

SYRACUSE — It was a banner night for Wawasee’s defense on the gridiron as the Warriors shutout visiting Washington 13-0.

SYRACUSE — A season preview for Wawasee Warriors football.

PLYMOUTH – The Rockies rolled over Wawasee in Friday’s sectional opener.

Local high school football teams will face big challenges in sectional openers Friday night.

GOSHEN – A recap from Goshen’s 20-0 victory over Wawasee in the Northern Lakes Conference regular season finale.

SYRACUSE – A recap with photos from Wawasee’s 31-21 win over Elkhart Memorial.

WARSAW – The Warsaw football team reclaimed the ‘W’ trophy after beating Wawasee 21-0 Friday night at Fisher Field.

WARSAW – The Wawasee at Warsaw contest is the big one among local prep football games this Friday night.

SYRACUSE – A recap from an emotional homecoming night at Warrior Field.

NAPPANEE – A recap from NorthWood’s 38-10 win over Wawasee.

SYRACUSE – A recap from Concord’s 27-7 win over Wawasee in NLC football action.

MIDDLEBURY – A recap with quotes and photos from Northridge’s 21-0 win over Wawasee.

The Warsaw and Wawasee football teams will find out right away come Friday night where the pair stack up in the Northern Lakes Conference. The Tigers and the Warriors face huge tests in league openers for both squads. Warsaw, coming off a 34-23 road loss to East Noble, will host Class 4-A No. 2 Plymouth. …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee’s relentless pursuit of the football put the team in good position all night in a 37-12 win at West Noble Friday night. The Warriors created four turnovers and pounded the ball down the Chargers’ throats in an aggressive performance on both sides of the ball. Wawasee accumulated 288 total yards in the …read more.

SYRACUSE – A recap with photos from Wawasee’s 21-7 win over Griffith.

A preview of the upcoming football season for Wawasee.

SYRACUSE – It’s national signing day across the country for high school athletes looking to take the next step in their athletic careers. Wawasee High School senior Clayton Cook has chosen to spread his wings this fall with the Ball State University football program. Cook, who is also a standout track athlete, made his verbal …read more.

[weaver_youtube LJtP-NqqN6A rel=0] SYRACUSE – Less than a yard. All the Wawasee football team was needed was less than a yard and maybe things would have been different. The Warriors outplayed a ranked Leo squad in the opening round of sectionals Friday night but it is that Lions survived to fight another day. The Leo …read more.

Lower speaker volume before watching video. [weaver_youtube 3lKVHAmgli4 rel=0] SYRACUSE – It may not be the most well-known trophy game in the area but when Goshen and Wawasee met Friday night in the annual Wooden Indian game it certainly felt like a big rivalry was taking place at Warrior Field. The Redskins entered as underdogs but …read more.

ELKHART – Not mincing words, Wawasee football head coach Josh Ekovich wasn’t bashful in stating his team’s 20-7 win at Elkhart Memorial Friday night was rather bland. “We were just average in a lot of ways, just vanilla,” Ekovich said of the performance which put his club at 5-3 this season and 3-3 in the …read more.

[weaver_youtube 8oDwdB_3-AM rel=0] PLYMOUTH – It was like Christmas in September Thursday night at “The Rock Pile.” Plymouth was playing the role of Santa Claus dressed in red and handing out gifts to the Wawasee football team. But the story of the game was what the Warriors did with those gifts that made all the …read more.

[weaver_youtube OQ_KHLTbp1M rel=0] SYRACUSE – These two teams just don’t know how to play nice. In a Northern Lakes Conference where most football teams have some sort of ties to a historical rivalry, Wawasee and NorthWood just have a thing for one another. In an epic 27-21 final in favor of host Wawasee Friday night …read more.

DUNLAP – When the Wawasee football team stepped onto Jake Field for its Northern Lakes Conference contest against Concord, it was all business. After all, the Warriors had something to prove after getting shutout at home in their last contest. Wawasee knew it had to bring its best game to take on the No. 2 …read more.

[weaver_youtube OZMhfO8sgEo rel=0] SYRACUSE – A budding conference rivalry between two undefeated teams. New jerseys for the home team, new helmets for the visitors. Bad blood all around. Yes, the mood was set for a gridiron showdown between Northridge and Wawasee on Friday night, and then the lighting struck, literally. After waiting all week for …read more.

[weaver_youtube P4kzaOPyyIw rel=0] SYRACUSE – Friday night at Warrior Field was the location for the first gridiron showdown between West Noble and Wawasee since 1973 and while the bad weather missed the game, the Chargers still got a heavy helping of Wawasee’s reign. The Warriors celebrated the 41-year reunion by scoring a point for every …read more.

[weaver_youtube EDCPEy-bCps rel=0] SOUTH WHITLEY – It was a hot start that only got hotter. But as the blistering sun and humidly slowly faded in the shadows of Ryan Huff Field, cramped and dehydrated players were just thankful to get week one over with. Since they had to play, and it’s week one of the …read more.

Dare I say it, Kosciusko? Can it really be true? Is football FINALLY back!? Yes, yes it is. *and there was much rejoicing* Finally we can forget about pretending that we like the summer. Who really enjoys the lake and the sandbar? I mean, did we really enjoy warm weather all that much? Now we …read more.

SYRACUSE – Though the saying is traditionally, “Defense wins championships” there seems to be a lot of love going around for the offensive units of local teams. Fans in Indianapolis, Bloomington, South Bend and even Chicago, of all places, are raving about how productive their team’s offense will be this season. Though the size of …read more.

[weaver_youtube oi7p0CE92dg rel=0] SYRACUSE – Home sweet homecoming. Pride, passion and pageantry were all on display at Wawasee High School for the grand finale of Homecoming Week 2013. After a week full of fundraising, competition and celebration, Wawasee students were hoping to see their football team end the week on an even higher note and …read more.

WARSAW – For over three years, there has been nothing fancy about the Warsaw Tigers’ football helmets. Just a blank, black canvas only disturbed by scuffs and scratches. Come Monday afternoon, it’s time for a makeover. The senior class at Warsaw stood tall, holding the ‘W’ Trophy high in the air Friday night after the …read more.

There’s no shortage of motivation this Friday night for area high school football teams. A pair of great rivalries highlight the docket as week seven arrives. The biggest game of the night finds Wawasee making the trek down SR 15 to square off with county and conference rival Warsaw. The Warriors have won the last …read more.

SYRACUSE – Football is a team sport. One player cannot lead a team to victory on his own. It takes 11 players on both sides of the ball to produce a winning result under the lights on any given Friday night. Wawasee may have played its best game as a team all season as it …read more.

SYRACUSE – Some nights, even when everything starts to go right, it still turns out all wrong. That was the unfortunate case for the Warrior football team on Friday night. A rash of terribly-timed turnovers were back-breaking for Wawasee in a 52-17 defeat at the hands of 5A’s No.2 ranked Concord Minutemen Friday night in …read more.

SYRACUSE – The dawn of a new era of Wawasee football has begun in Syracuse, and his voice can be heard loud and clear. The echoes of new head coach Josh Ekovich can literally be heard on campus during preseason practice from all sides. While his voice may carry, his point is being squarely made …read more.

SYRACUSE – To select the new head varsity football coach, Wawasee High School chose to promote from within. During a brief meeting late Monday afternoon in Syracuse, the Wawasee school board unanimously approved the hiring of Josh Ekovich, age 28, to replace Tom Wogoman who resigned earlier this year and is now the head football …read more.